Al-Jazeera shows tape of Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq

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DUBAI (AFP) — Three Romanian journalists and another individual taken hostage by an unidentified group in Iraq were shown on a video broadcast by the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera.

Two hooded men were seen pointing their weapons at the four visibly scared hostages, who were seated on the ground against the backdrop of a floral carpet.

The tape is the first apparent confirmation that the three Romanians were abducted, after the authorities in Bucharest initially declined to confirm that they were victims of a kidnapping.

Marie-Jeanne Ion, 32, a reporter for Prima TV, her cameraman Sorin Miscoci, 30, and Ovidiu Ohanesian, 37, of the Romania Libera newspaper was reported missing by the Romanian foreign ministry earlier this week.

The channel said...